Via ESPN.com's Marc Stein: "The Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder have emerged as the early leaders in the race to sign veteran guard Derek Fisher after he clears waivers on Wednesday, according to sources close to the situation. With the Ch...

The Los Angeles Lakers have filled their fair share of Christmas stockings with grimy lumps of coal over the past few seasons, but Sunday's loss might have been the most painful. With their star nursing a significant injury and one member of their bi...

Clippers rookie Blake Griffin is unconcerned by his heavy workload during an All-Star Weekend that will see him participate in the rookie-sophomore game and the slam dunk contest as well as Sunday's main event.

The re-made Chicago Bulls have won four of their last five games after a sluggish start, led by high level play from Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah. For a Lakers team in need of a challenge, the Bulls are just that- strong defensively on the offensive...

Go ahead, call the hype surrounding the free agent summer of 2010 oppressive. Insufferable. Unendurable. Or any other appropriate word available at Thesaurus.com. Measured by the way it has reshaped the NBA, you'd have to call it monumental as well. ...

If I might take a brief pause from discussion of Sunday's Game 2 loss... Before Game 2, coaching icon and former Lakers assistant Tex Winter was honored with the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, given, in the words of NBA Coaches Association...

Saturday at practice, Pau Gasol took exception to how the media treated comments (however accurate) made Friday afternoon about Kevin Garnett, feeling they were used to stir the pot in ways he didn't intend. Coaches and players alike paid tribute to ...

From ESPN The Magazine's Chris Broussard: "The Chicago Bulls have reached out to Phil Jackson through back channels to gauge his interest in returning to the franchise he won six NBA titles with, according to two sources with knowledge of the situat...

With so many things happening at Staples Center Wednesday night in L.A.'s 99-97 win over the Bobcats, it would be easy to mix the messages. So this morning, we're going to compartmentalize, and put each message in its own box. (Then put those boxes i...